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  2. Liuyedao - Wikipedia

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    The liuyedao or "willow-leaf saber" is a type of dao that was commonly used as a military sidearm for both cavalry and infantry during the Ming and Qing dynasties. A descendant of the earlier Mongol sabre the liuyedao remained the most popular type of single handed sabre during the Ming dynasty, replacing the role of the jian as a issued weapon ...

  3. List of premodern combat weapons - Wikipedia

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    Battle axe (European) Bhuj with blade shaped like the dagger on a long shaft [1] Broadaxe (European) Congolese axe [1] (African) Dahomey axe club, also an effective blunt weapon [1] (African) Danish axe, hafted axe, English long axe, Viking axe, Danish longer axe (European) Doloire (European) Fu (Chinese) Hand axe, ovate handaxe (Paleolithic ...

  4. Mughal weapons - Wikipedia

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    Eight Bladed flanged mace, 4. Tabar (war axe) and 5. Zaghnal (battle axe) 6.Sword Stick (at the time of Mughals) If the head was pointed and had two cutting edges, the axe was called a zaghnol, or "crow's beak". A double headed axe with a broad blade on one side of the handle and a pointed one on the other was styled a tabar zaghnol.

  5. Battle axe - Wikipedia

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    This is an example of a battle axe that was tailored for the use of a mounted knight. The wooden haft is modern. A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were designed differently to utility axes, with blades more akin to cleavers than to wood axes.

  6. Norwegian battle axe - Wikipedia

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    The axe has great symbolic worth in Scandinavia, and appears in the coat of arms of Norway and as a symbol of Saint Olav, the patron saint and eternal King of Norway. The peasant axe has a mostly straight shaft with a distinct curve towards the blade. [1] The blade is crescent-shaped blade and single-edged.

  7. Khopesh - Wikipedia

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    The khopesh (ḫpš; also vocalized khepesh) is an Egyptian sickle-shaped sword that developed from battle axes. [1] [2] ... Falx – Ancient bladed weapon;

  8. Mere (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    The mere is a spatulate, leaf shaped, form of short club. It has a broad, rounded apex that narrows to form a handle, terminating in a butt or heel (reke), marked by several grooves. Mere have two convex, almost flat sides and a rounded top. The top of the mere was ground to a sharp edge, extending down both sides of the weapon.

  9. Battleaxe (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    No. 7 Squadron IAF, nicknamed "Battle Axes" The 78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), also known as the Battleaxe Division; 74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) Royal Artillery; The 65th Infantry Division (United States), nicknamed "Battle-Axe" Carrier Air Wing Three, an aircraft carrier air wing of the United States Navy, nicknamed "Battle Axe"